On Jan 8, 5:56 pm, Brock Organ <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Joe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Jan 8, 3:41 pm, Brock Organ <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Joe <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I agree with you that would be a nice feature to have. But I wonder > >> >> if the real issue is the morality and trust of the participants. For > >> >> example, even having that particular feature won't stop the > >> >> accusations from someone who wants to eristically and > >> >> opportunistically abuse it. So I consider that regardless of what > >> >> features were available, it would still come down to a level of trust > >> >> among participants, moderators and group owners. And my private > >> >> consideration is that there is no specific technical feature that can > >> >> ultimately compensate for abusive and divisive group members. > > >> > We're trying not to have any of those, eh? > > >> I don't think this forum holds an appeal for them ... :( > > > That's good, right? > > I guess I have a hope that many of those participants will come back > at some point, and engage civilly on points of interest. What do you > think about it? >
I am more interested in debating with those who want to do it civilly, rather than those bent on abuse and divisiveness. Mike is my mentor!!! ;-) So it is not so much a matter, for me, of changing the behavior of those who don't want it, as it is weeding them out and attracting different folks who do. You can't change the behavior of other people, you can only make suggestions, and it seems to me barely anyone really changes. So, I am not interested in bringing back members who are divisive and abusive. Good riddance, I say! We want quality here, not quantity.
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